Department of Immigration and Border Protection - Resources

Fact sheet providing an overview on overseas adoption. If you live in Australia and are considering adopting a child from overseas, links are provided to contact your state or territory adoption authority.

Designed to assist skilled workers migrating to or temporarily working in Australia. ASRI helps you find out how to get a skills assessment for your nominated occupation including educational qualifications, skills or experience that you have gained overseas.

A bridging visa is a temporary visa that provides for a non-citizen to remain lawful in certain circumstances where they do not hold a substantive visa. There are different categories of bridging visas for Australia that relate to different circumstances.

The process of applying for Australian citizenship varies depending on your eligibility. Based on your answers to a series of questions, the Citizenship Wizard will give you information about what to do and how to apply for Australian citizenship.

This list is relevant for applicants for points-based skilled migration who are nominated by a state or territory government agency; the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS), who must have been nominated by an Australian employer to fill a position in an occupation that appears in the CSOL; the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457); or the Training and Research visa (subclass 402).

Offers information on citizenship for current citizens including Australian citizens by birth, people with dual citizenship, long term residents in Australia and Australians living overseas. Includes information on revoking citizenship.

You do not need to use a migration agent to lodge any kind of visa application or asylum claim. However, if you do not feel confident in lodging an application, or if your case is complex, you may want to use a migration agent to help you.

The Units or their equivalents have been established in most Australian states and territories to assist migrants to obtain recognition of their overseas-gained skills and qualifications. They provide statements of educational comparison, information on occupational assessments and information on further training

Allows skilled workers and business people interested in migrating to Australia to record their details so they can be considered for a skilled visa through an Expression of Interest (EOI). SkillSelect Support provides all the information you need to get started in SkillSelect, and has step-by-step user guides and frequently asked questions.

This list is relevant for applicants for independent points-based skilled migration who are not nominated by a state or territory government agency; a Family Sponsored Points Tested visa; or a Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) – Graduate Work stream.

Visa holders who do not have a label in their passport can confirm their current visa details online. Organisations can use VEVO to check the visa status of visa holders applying for work, study, licenses and access to government services.

Provides information on a range of visas for people wishing to visit Australia for holidays, sightseeing, social or recreational reasons, to visit relatives, friends, to be a business visitor or for other short-term non-work things like medical treatment or medical consultations.